2025 Color Trends Forecast

2025 Interior Design Color Trends

Each year, color experts and paint giants gather and decide upon their colors of the year. They take into account the moods of consumers, current events, fashion, designers' leanings, and more. 

The year 2025 took the trend toward warmth a step further by embracing saturated hues. The jewel-toned colors are inviting and unapologetic at the same time.  Everything from neutrals to accent colors in 2025 are present in the room rather than background.  

Here's what 2025's palette looks like. 

 

Blooming into Brown

Beige took over from gray several years ago and now we've fully integrated browns of all kinds back into the palette. There was no shortage of brown selected for this year's colors, including color trend-setter, Pantone. They chose Mocha Mousse, an airy brown that hints at whipped chocolate and coffee.

Elderton by Graham & Brown was called a "chameleon color" that can easily adapt to various designs from rustic to sophisticated. The depth of color allows for many design options. 

C2 introduced Raku as its 2025 color of the year. It's a penetrating brown-red inspired by pottery used in Japanese tea ceremonies. Dramatic yet calm, this color feels formal and blends will with gold accents and rich patterns. 

Truffle by Stainmaster offers another brown with modern mushroom tones blended with a rich, earthy brown. Another great drenching option, it's light, warm hue invites playful design.

 

No Color Left Behind

In 2025 you can't go wrong. What ever color suits your taste and your design, is a go. Paint giant, Sherwin-Williams created a "color capsule" with shades that include browns, blues, greens, mauve, and neutrals to reflect this attitude. It also happens to be their 15th year announcing a color of the year and on such an occasion, one color was hardly enough.

 

Warm & Rosy

Over the past three years, warm colors like terracotta and its rosy companions have enjoyed popularity, and 2025 is no exception. Caramelized by Dunn-Edwards has the look of sun-drenched terra-cotta that leans more toward brown than orange but manages to stay saturated.

Teetering between red and brown, Rumors by BEHR is a deep, almost earth-tone, red-brown with a hint of purple. It's a great shade for color drenching (another favorite paint trend) as it's welcoming without stealing the spotlight.

Loving Blue

Two industry titans have unanimously declared blue hues as their colors of the year. Mapped Blue by Dutch Boy Paints looks just like the ocean in a vintage atlas. It's a blue-gray colors with yellow undertones that makes it perfect to pair with other bold colors like deep grays or other shades of blue.

Valspar's Encore is a vibrant almost electric blue, a saturated jewel tone that lends sophistication to a variety of design styles.

 

Enter Purple

Purple and purple-influenced colors are big players on the color palette this year. Benjamin Moore selected Cinnamon Slate as one of its colors of the year. It's a plummy-brown that complements many colors, making it an ideal neutral that still follow the the saturation theme.

Purple Basil by Glidden is classic jewel-tone purple, homey and bold simultaneously. It's a excellent for homeowners just starting a journey into color.

Violet by Minwax is a purple wood stain that adds color without covering up natural wood grain. The effect bridges classic and contemporary. Red undertones add warmth that make this color adaptive.

 

How to Use Color in 2025

The application of color in 2025 has the sense of confidence that is both energizing and grounded. The result is color design that is fun, elegant, and timeless all at once.

 

Walls

In 2025 wrap the room in color (drenching). Instead of a single feature wall coated in color, opt instead for two, three, or four walls bathed in color. Even the ceiling isn't excluded. Many designers will choose to put color on the ceiling too but in a lighter shade than the walls. 

 

Furnishings

Bolder colors on the walls doesn't mean you have to shy away from colors or patterns on the furnishings. Match the color of the walls or go with a big floral pattern. Stick to similarly saturated colors (even if they aren't in the same color family like mustard or navy) so you can enjoy more color in more places without it feeling overwhelming. 

 

 

Trims & Finishes

For trims and finishes in 2025, the sky's the limit. You can go with a dark palette or a light palette with equal success. These warm tones blend well and contrast well. Warm metallics tend to work well in the 2025 color palette or if you want cool silvers, soften them by going with matte finishes rather than shiny or gloss.

 

 

Accents

In 2025 these warm colors beg for pops that draw out their roots. Choose colors that give a nod to the colors that inspired your warmer feature colors. For peachy hues go with corals and oranges. For blues, go with darker blues or even some green. For yellows and beige-influenced colors choose deep browns or warm creams.

Don’t be afraid to apply your accent colors liberally. Their warm overtones make them more palatable in larger quantities. They are playful but sensible and strong but yielding.

 

2025 interior design color trends promise an exciting but cozy year of style ahead. Take advantage of their inclusive nature and add some to your space today.

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